Rail-joint.



I. M. PEGK,

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1912. RENEWED APR. 28, 1913.

Patented Jane 24,1913.

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.es'srenoit or ONEQHALF r'o JAMES A; 'fFUNK,;.-QF

TIFFIN, OHIO.

RAIL-JOIN Specification of Letters Patent.

' mandate 2.4, T1913.

Abplicatioifilerl 11113722, 1912, SeriatNo. 710,951f.Iinewed-hpril'28,1913. Serial no. 764,262.

, T o all whom it may concern Be it known that I, IsAAo M. PIECE, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Tifiin, in the county ofSeneca and State of Ohio, have invente'd certain new and usefulImprovements in Rail-Joints, of which the following" is a specification,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new'and useful improvements in rail'joint'sand has for its object to provide an improved joint whichwill'se'curely' lock two abutting rails together without theuse ofbolts, nuts and the like. I

A further object of the invention resides in providinga device which isextremely? simple and durable in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and one which will be very efiicient and useful inoperation.

-With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.

In the accompanyingdrawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a perspective view of the rails in locked position. Fig.- 2 is avertical longitudinal section therethrough, showing portions of the railin elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section therethrough asseen on l1ne-33,

. Fig, 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one rail; and Fig, 5 is asimilar view of the opposed rail.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 1 and 2 indicate a pair of opposed rails,the fo-r'mer having a portion of its web and base removed at the one endthereof to provide a recess 3 adjacent the end, and a depending tongueportion or the hke t at the extreme end thereof, said tongue portiondepending to a .point about mid-way of the height of the web. The rearwall of the recess 3 is provided with a vertical and central groove 5which extends through the base of the rail at its bottom andcommunicates at its upper end with a longitudinal groove 6 formed on theunder face of the head or tread of the rail, and formed on the extremeouter end of the rail section 1, is a vertical groove or slot 7 whichextends from the bottom of the depending tongue 4:

through the tread of said;sectionfiFo'rmed centrally on the rearwallf ofthe' {caged-4; and "also extending along "the u'n'der face ofsaidto'ngue, is a reduced tongue'fstr'i'p or the like 8, the verticalpoi-senor on the rear wall of said tongue projeets tipinto the groove 6,while the endo'f the hi) izontal portion thereof on theilnder face-o'fl'said tongue extends to a point'in registration with the rear wallof the slot 'or opening 7.

The opposed rail section 2" has-the enema thereof cut away from thetread downward to form the upwardly facing projection ortongue 9 at theouter end thereof andthe revcess 10 immediately in the rear'. thereof.

The projection 9 and the recess 10' of the rail section 2 correspondrespectively with the recess 3 and projection 4' of the opposed railsection 1 and formed on the outer end of the section 2 is a verticallyand centrally extending rib or the like 11, which also extends along theupper face of the projection 9 to a point adjacent the rear wallthereof, said vertically extending rib 11 being adapted to enter thegrooves 5 and 6 of said section 1. A vertically extending and centrallydisposed groove 12 formed in the rear wall of the projection 9communicates at its lower end with a longitudinally extending groove orslot 13 formed in the base of the section 2 and extending for thegreater por-- tion of the length of the recess 10. The grooves 12 and 13are adapted to receive therein the tongue strip or rib 8 on theprojection 4: of the opposed rail section and as the rear wall of thevertical groove or channel 12 re isters with the rear edge of the rib11, said rear edge of the rib and the rear edge of the tongue strip orrib 8 will contact with one another. The rear wall of the recess 10 isprovided with a vertical and centrally disposed rib 14, which extendsfrom the tread of the rail downwardly to the lower wall or bottom of thelongitudinally arranged groove 13 and said rib is adapted to cooperatewith and enter the vertically disposed groove of the opposed railsection 1.-

When it is desired to interlock therail sections, the section 2 is firstdisposed in its proper position, whereupon the section 1 is raisedthereabove and positioned so that the grooves'5 and 7 thereof receivethe ribs lland 1%. respectively of the section 2, whereuponthe downwardmovement of the mats , designed that the parts of one section com-'plete the formation of the other, thereby providing a "complete rail.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided an improved railjoint Which will not require the provision of separate devices forlocking the rail sections together. It will further be seen that thedevice is one which is extremely simple and durable in construction,inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very eflicient anduseful in operation.

Vhile I have particularly described the elements best adapted to performthe functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form,proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principlesof the invention.

Having thus described this invention, what memes at its end from thebase thereof to provide :1 depending projection and adjacent recess'thereon, the extreme end of said rail being provided with a verticalslot therein, an opposed rail section cut away at its end from the treadportion thereof to provide an upwardly extending projection and recessadapted to respectively receive the recess and depending projection ofthe other rail section, the recesses of said rail sectionsbeing providedwith grooves in certain of the Walls thereof, ribs formed of certain ofthe Walls of the projections of said rail sections adapted to enter theaforesaid grooves in the recesses thereof, and an additional rib formedon the one wall of the recess of said last mentioned section adapted tobe received in the slot in the end of the first mentioned rail section.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ISAAC M. PEOK. lVitnesses:

RALPH H. MAY, JAMES A. FUNK.

